Regulation goes global
Medical Council CEO Caroline Spillane explains to Dara Gantly how the global labour market is impacting on medical regulation in Ireland, in the second of a two-part interview with IMT. … [Read more]
Revlimid – Risk of second primary malignancies
Revlimid (lenalidomide) – Risk of second primary malignancies in authorised indication Revlimid (lenalidomide) is an immunomodulating agent first licensed via a European assessment procedure in 2007, subject to a number of risk minimisation measures including a pregnancy prevention plan to ensure its safe use. Structurally related to thalidomide, … [Read more]
October events
19-20 Friday-Saturday Southern Symposium On Foregut Cancers, Cork 2012. Date: Friday 19th/Saturday 20th October, 2012. Venue: University College Cork. Campus: Áras Na Mac Léinn, DeVere Hall, Student Centre. Programme to Follow. For further details please contact Anne Bedford on 086 386 0754. … [Read more]
Caught in the 1916 crossfire
A new book provides fascinating and detailed insights into one of the most pivotal battles of the 1916 rising — the battle for control of the Four Courts in Dublin, writes Pat Kelly. … [Read more]
News
Mater ED trolleys up by 66% after St Mary’s move
By Gary Culliton. The number of patients waiting on trolleys in the Mater Hospital’s Emergency Department (ED) in the first three months of this year grew by almost two-thirds compared to 2011’s first quarter, following the reconfiguration of St Mary’s Hospital, Phoenix Park, figures seen by Irish Medical Times reveal.
Little progress on primary care teams says College CEO
By Muiris Houston in Galway. There has been little progress in the development of primary care teams across the country since last November, the Chief Executive of the Irish College of General Practitioners (ICGP) has said.
New hypentension guidelines are set to have a ‘huge impact’
By Muiris Houston in Galway. Home Blood Pressure Monitoring (HBPM) is now an acceptable alternative to ambulatory blood pressure management, family doctors attending the ICGP annual meeting have been told.
High prevalence of physical conditions in patients with mental illness
Ten per cent of patients with severe mental illness (SMI) presenting to Irish general practice have suffered a documented heart event, new data have revealed.
Minister Reilly reveals new ‘radio therapy’ treatment
The Minister for Health Dr James Reilly brought the attention of GPs attending last weekend’s ICGP AGM in Galway to a new medical syndrome, which he said led to a rise in general well-being and reduced blood pressure.
College calls on psychiatrists to ‘fight’ for multi-disciplinary teams
By Pat Kelly. The President of the College of Psychiatry of Ireland (CPsychI) has lamented how “we so often do not, and will not, have the space and time to really engage with or listen to our patients in the manner they deserve”.
Doctors should be paid for phone consultations — survey
By Lloyd Mudiwa. A majority of patients surveyed feel practices should receive remuneration for consultations conducted over the telephone.
Civil society has to act on environment
By Lloyd Mudiwa. The Irish organisation established by health professionals to promote the environment has said civil society has to act en masse in order to make any progress in relation to saving the world from global warming.
IDEA is ‘positive’ about the environment
By Lloyd Mudiwa. The Irish Doctors’ Environmental Association (IDEA) has taken a positive view of the global environmental situation, seeing threats to our planet as an opportunity for a “rebirth”.
RCPI Masterclass: Abnormal Uterine Bleeding
College of Anaesthetists Delaney Medal Competition
PMI Annual Conference, Kilkenny (1)
Ask the Expert: Osteoporosis and Bone Health Meeting
Irish Heart Foundation joins Abbott Laboratories to award researchers
Clinical Times
Ways to extend chemotherapy use
The work of Prof Joseph Scandura suggests drugs that interfere with the way genes work may reduce the side-effects of chemotherapy, reports Gary Culliton.
Poor paediatric drug labelling
Over half the drugs included in the US electronic Physicians’ Desk Reference (ePDR) had no information about paediatric use in the labelling.
Questions raised over methods for evidence
The size and methodology of clinical trials registered on the US National Institutes of Health website, ClinicalTrials.gov between 2007 and 2010, has been highlighted by researchers who say they are dominated by small trials and contain significant heterogeneity in methodological approaches.
Stroke therapy may fall short
Current anticoagulant therapy to prevent stroke might not be sufficient for older women diagnosed with atrial fibrillation, according to a new study.
Opinion
The ‘Jigsaw’ puzzle of mental health
Dr Muiris Houston says the results of the most comprehensive study of youth mental health ever undertaken in Ireland points to the need for us all to become an influencing ‘Good Adult’.
Woman lacked capacity to consent to sexual relations
Ed Madden, BL, looks at a recent English High Court case in which a judge explained why he made an order declaring that a woman lacked capacity to consent to sexual relations.
Some needed tonic from our patients
Dear Editor, I was recently diagnosed with cancer of the prostate, which as we all now know is very common in men of my age — 60 — PR examination essential. Not wanting the rumour mills to start turning, I put the diagnosis out there among the patients.
GP right about waiting lists for drug users
Dear Editor, I would like to commend Dr Austin O’Carroll for speaking out about the unacceptably long waiting lists for drug users, particularly in rural areas of the country (Irish Medical Times, May 4, 2012, http://bit.ly/IY5Cli).
Viscera blog
Sonic cycling
By Pat Kelly. A fed-up cyclist has invented a bicycle horn that can deliver an ear-shattering 178 decibels — louder than a Concorde jet.
Out of sight
By Pat Kelly. A 24-hour nursery is encouraging parents to leave their children in the facility when they are “too busy to take them to bed”.
Woman fired after donating kidney to her boss
By Pat Kelly. A New York woman who donated a kidney so that her boss could move up the transplant list was fired shortly after the operation.
IMO AGM 2012 (1)
IMO AGM 2012 (2)
Zoely launch: MSD’s new oral contraceptive innovation
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